page_title: Ochinee
hierarchical_section_title: Ochinee
caption_attribution_description: English: A delegation of Arapaho and Cheyenne leaders met with the U.S. military on Sept. 28, 1864, at Camp Weld, Colo., to seek peace on the plains east of Denver, almost two months before the Sand Creek Massacre. Denver Public Library, Western History Collection.
context_page_description: Ochinee, also known as Lone Bear and One-Eye, was a Native American Peace Chief of the Cheyenne tribe, who was the father of Amache Prowers, a full-blooded Cheyenne who married a trader who became a rancher, legislator, and businessman. Ochinee, who had worked to create peace for the Cheyenne, died during the Sand Creek massacre on November 29, 1864.
context_section_description: Ochinee, also known as Lone Bear and One-Eye, (died November 29, 1864) was a Native American Peace Chief of the Cheyenne tribe, who was the father of Amache Prowers, a full-blooded Cheyenne who married a trader who became a rancher, legislator, and businessman. Ochinee, who had worked to create peace for the Cheyenne, died during the Sand Creek massacre on November 29, 1864.
caption: Ochinee of Cheyenne and Arapaho Delegation, Camp Weld, September 28, 1864
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